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Madison Metro bus crashes into police station

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 23, 2018

A Madison Metro bus plowed into a police station Tuesday afternoon after the driver suffered a medical emergency. The bus veered off the road and crashed into a brick wall housing trash cans outside the Madison Police Department’s North District Building just blocks from the airport. Police said the accident was likely caused by a medical emergency on the part of the driver, who was taken to the hospital.

Schimel previously expressed gratitude for Musk’s support and said Musk’s financial support will not affect any of his decision making on the court.

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Two Dane County school systems receive over $600,000 for school safety

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 22, 2018

Two of Dane County’s school systems will receive state funding for school safety programs, Wisconsin Attorney Brad Schimel announced Monday.

A number of physical altercations occurred near campus over the weekend, including a fight at Bassett Street Brunch Club and a substantial battery on N.

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Madison police make multiple disorderly conduct arrests over the weekend

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 22, 2018

Madison police arrested a 68-year-old Beloit man Saturday night for making sexually suggestive comments to several pedestrians in the downtown area. The man reportedly pulled over near a pair of female students walking on Mifflin Street and asked them if they would like to watch what he was doing in the car.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin announced his re-election campaign in a video Friday, despite saying in July that he would not run.

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Soglin reverses course, announces re-election campaign

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 20, 2018

Just three months after announcing he would not run for re-election, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin declared his candidacy in a surprise move Friday morning. Soglin, who has served as mayor on three separate occasions, announced in July he would not seek another four-year term.

Dane County will receive $20,000 from the MacArthur Foundation to improve the criminal justice system, just days after local law enforcement officials disputed online the handling of juvenile offenders.

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Dane County set to receive $20,000 for criminal justice reform

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 19, 2018

Dane County’s Board of Supervisors will accept a $20,000 grant for criminal justice reform from the MacArthur Foundation. In a statement Thursday, the county said the funds would be used to create a data system for tracking race, gender, age and reason for arrest of those on trial.

Dan Egan fields questions from a record-breaking crowd gathered at the Working Draft Brewery as part of the university’s Science on Tap lecture series.

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Great Lakes on tap as Big Read author steps off campus, into local bar

By Joshua Mitchell | Oct. 18, 2018

Over 100 community members crowded the Working Draft Beer Company to sip craft brews and chat with the Milwaukee author, whose book The Life and Death of the Great Lakes landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize this year.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne traded blows online today following Koval’s blog post that criticized the juvenile justice system.

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Madison police chief, Dane County DA trade criticisms over juvenile justice system

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 16, 2018

Two of Madison’s top law enforcement officials traded public criticisms online Tuesday, chastising each other for their treatment of juvenile offenders. The dispute began when Madison Police Chief Mike Koval released his daily blog post, in which he expressed concern about the increasing frequency of “juveniles engaged in serious, illegal behavior[s].” Koval cast doubt on whether the "failing" juvenile justice system actually held offenders accountable for their actions.

Madison police arrested four teenagers with car theft, including one 13-year-old boy with a past history of stealing cars.

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'We’re just getting started' 13-year-old arrested for car theft, battery according to police

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 15, 2018

Madison police arrested a 13-year-old boy Friday on charges of strong-arm robbery and battery in connection with a car theft last week that resulted in the arrests of three other teenagers. The three other teens, two 13-year-old girls and a 14-year-old girl, were arrested last Thursday after stealing and crashing an SUV.

Currently, WiscAlerts only serve campus areas. A new program aims to make students safer by covering more ground.

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Madison schools, police receive federal grant for school safety

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 14, 2018

The Madison Metropolitan School District and the Madison Police Department received a $250,000 grant from the federal government to train staff on restorative crisis intervention. The grant, administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, was created by the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, designed to help school officials defuse potentially violent situations.

In a hearing Thursday, suspended Badgers football player Quintez Cephus plead not guilty to second- and third- degree sexual assault charges and requested a suspension of a UW-Madison investigation.

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Cephus pleads not guilty, trial delayed

By J. Adam Wigger | Oct. 11, 2018

Suspended Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus pleaded not guilty Thursday to the Dane County judge responsible for his upcoming trial for the sexual assault of two women.

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Good Samaritans intervene in daytime sexual assault

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 10, 2018

When they saw what appeared to be a sexual assault from their construction site, nearby construction workers jumped off their lifts and came to the victim's rescue Tuesday afternoon on the 300 block of East Johnson Street .

An hour after the stabbing occurred on the 600 block of State Street, police remained on the scene. The suspect fled the scene and hasn’t been caught, police said.

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State Street stabber still at large

By Sydney Widell | Oct. 10, 2018

The man who stabbed a passerby on the 600 block of State Street a little before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night and fled is still at large, Madison police say.

A recent survey administered to Dane County education professionals showed they are largely in support of more regulations against e-cigarette use.

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Rise in e-cigarette popularity among teens causes school staff to worry

By Kayla Huynh | Oct. 9, 2018

The rise in popularity of e-cigarettes have Dane County education professionals worried, the City of Madison announced Tuesday. The city shared results of a survey focused on e-cigarettes, which was sent in May to staff from Dane County schools, including nurses, social workers and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse program coordinators, as well as middle and high school principals.

U.S. Postal Service workers gathered in front of Madison’s main post office to protest potential privatization suggested by the Trump administration.

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Madison’s postal workers hold ‘U.S. Mail Not For Sale’ rally against privatization

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 8, 2018

Madison postal workers gathered Monday in front of the city’s main post office on Milwaukee Street for the “U.S. Mail Not For Sale” rally protesting threats from the Trump administration to privatize the postal service.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin denounced the Town of Madison police department’s decision to hire former DeForest police chief Daniel Furseth, who resigned in August after racist comments came to light.

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Soglin “disappointed” in Town of Madison’s hire of former DeForest police chief

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 7, 2018

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin expressed his disappointment in the Town of Madison police department’s decision to hire former DeForest Police Chief Daniel Furseth, who resigned in August after making racist comments in a YouTube video. The video, posted to YouTube in December 2015 by a former DeForest police intern, features Furseth speaking in a stereotypically black voice while filming a group of well-dressed black men walking into a Steak and Shake restaurant.

Madison city officials and the National Weather Service warned of flash flooding as forecasts predict several days of rain.

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City officials warn of flooding as forecasts show rain

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 4, 2018

Madison city officials are warning residents to keep sandbags in place as rain forecasts over the next several days raise concerns for a new round of flash flooding. City officials report both Lakes Monona and Mendota rose five inches following rainstorms Sunday and Monday, but are still down six and nine inches respectively from their highs during the August storms.

Mayor Soglin released his plans for the 2019 city budget Tuesday, calling for improved infrastructure, among other things.

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Operating budget aims to create equity for Madison residents

By Joshua Mitchell | Oct. 4, 2018

Mayor Paul Soglin introduced his 2019 operating budget Tuesday, hoping to improve the economic mobility and safety of all residents in Madison.

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Man arrested after exposing himself to a family

By Morgan Lock | Oct. 4, 2018

The 31-year-old woman spotted the man on 600 block of East Washington Avenue around 6:30 p.m. The police identified the suspect as 58-year-old Waldemar Santiago-Rivera. They arrested him on charges of disorderly conduct while armed, felon in possession of a knife, as well as lewd, lascivious behavior and exposure.

Madison’s city council voted again to remove the Confederate memorial in Forest Hill Cemetery, a decision that possibly goes against federal landmarks standards.

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City council votes again to remove Confederate memorial

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 2, 2018

For the second time in six months, Madison’s city council voted to remove the Confederate memorial in Forest Hill Cemetery.

The suspect in Saturday’s murder-suicide had a history of domestic abuse convictions, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said.

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Suspect in murder-suicide had history of domestic abuse

By Jon Brockman | Oct. 1, 2018

The suspect in Saturday’s murder-suicide had a history of domestic abuse charges dating back to 2009, according to court records. The Dane County Medical Examiner identified the deceased as 39-year-old James Sykes and 34-year-old Sherry Waller.

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